Metallic fastener for tobacco



(No Model.)

s. w. REYNOLDS. METALLIC FASTENER FOR TOBAUGOL No. 414,845. PatentedNov. 12, 1889.

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METALLIC FASTENER FOR TOBACCO SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 414,845, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed June 28, 1889. Serial No. 315,928. (No model.)

T0 at whom itmay concern.-

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL W. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Metallic Fastener forTobacco; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art'to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to a metallic fastener for tobacco, and hasespecial reference to that class of tobacco which is sold in smallquantities, as by the ounce, pound, &c., the object of the inventionbeing to provide a fastener that can be stamped out in a single piece.

A further object is to provide a fastener that shall be so formed thatit can be used of itself as an advertising medium.

Heretofore in the branch of the art to which my invention pertains ithas been usual to form the fasteners of wire, the tag or name to be on aseparate piece and wrapped around the wire, making a device complicatedand expensive.

In the construction shown it Will be seen that I have obviated thisdefect by making a fastener and tag in one piece.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a package offine-cut tobacco with the fastener attached, showing in dotted lines themode of twisting the ends to secure the device around the package. Fig.2 is a plan view of the complete fastener as stamped out of a blank ofmetal. Figs. 3, 4:, and 5 are views showing modified forms of securingthe ends to hold the fastener around the tobacco.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A designates a package of tobacco to be secured in a compact mass by thefastener B. The fastener Bis formed with a tag 0 midway of its length.

D and E are arms formed on opposite sides of the tag, respectively,integral therewith, said arms being of a length to pass around thetobacco and hold the same in a compact mass by being twisted, as shownin dotted lines, Fig. 1.

The tag 0 can be made of any size to accommodate the name or othermatter relative to the tobacco on which the fastener is attached byhaving the name stamped or painted, as desired.

In securing the tag to the tobacco the tobacco is made in the desiredshape and quantity. The tag is then placed around the same, arms D and'E being made to conform to the contour of the tobacco. The ends of thearms are then twisted, the ends of the arms D D being twisted together,as are also the ends of arms E E, forming a compact package of thetobacco.

It will be readily understood that the tag C may be of any desiredshape, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in the shape of a star, asshown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 3 and a I have showna modified form, in which, instead of theends being wound around each other, one end of the arms D and Ealternately is enlarged, as at F, and perforated, so that theperforation G Will be large enough to accommodate the ends of theopposite arms and allow the same to pass through the perforations G andbe bent on itself, holding the fastener securely around the package.

In Fig. 5 the ends of the arms are serrated,

as at H, so that when the serrations are brought together they willengage with each other and hold the tobacco securely together. I

It will be seen that the device is simple inv construction, lessexpensive, doing away with the necessity of employing a separate tag,and therefore more easily applied to the tobacco.

What I claim is 1. In a metallic fastener for tobacco, a fastenercomposed of a single piece of metallic substance formed with a tagintegral therewith, and arms for securing the tobacco in a compact mass,as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a metallic fastener for tobacco, a fastener composed of a singlepiece of metallic substance comprising a tag,andarn1s formed my own Ihereby affix my signature in presintegrel therewith, one series of saidarms enee of two witnesses.

being perforated, the opposite series being T 1 r v it LJNOTDS. passedthrough said perforations and bent on v SAML I L 5 themselves to confinethe tobacco in a comitnesses:

pact mass, as and for the purpose set forth. JAMES RAYMER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CARROLL J. \VEBS'JER.

